(Bonus) Use Convex or similar BaaS / serverless data platforms for rapid product delivery.
(Bonus) Build and maintain n8n workflows (webhooks, scheduled jobs, error workflows, credential management, self-hosting) to automate internal operations and connect our product stack.
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What we’re looking for
3+ years of experience as a full-stack or frontend-heavy engineer.
Strong proficiency in React, Next.js, TypeScript/JavaScript.
Hands-on experience with AWS for production workloads.
Solid understanding of web security best practices (OWASP, secure storage, encryption in transit/at rest, secrets management).
Experience building systems in or adjacent to healthcare, education, or compliance-heavy environments is a plus.
Excellent async communication, code ownership, and ability to work with a small, senior-led team.
Comfort working from a clear product brief and also proposing improvements proactively.
Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability tools.
Take-home assignment (Step 1 of the process)
Please complete a take-home assignment. You are allowed to use LLMs to write code. To ensure that your work will not be used at Fluence, we’ve made it unrelated to healthcare:
Build “LendLoop”: a neighborhood tool-lending board with automated workflows
A simple app where neighbors list tools they are willing to lend, request to borrow from each other, and receive automated notifications and reminders handled by n8n.
Stack
Next.js (App Router)
Clerk for authentication
Convex for data + backend logic
n8n (self-hosted via Docker or n8n Cloud) for workflow automation
TypeScript
Requirements
Public page
The fictional company name is LendLoop.
Short tagline, e.g. “Borrow what you need. Lend what you don’t.”
Show
A read-only list of available tools (name and category only, no owner details), pulled from Convex.
A “Sign in to lend or borrow” button wired to Clerk.
Authenticated experience
Only signed-in users can
List a tool with
name
category (power tools, garden, kitchen, camping, etc.)
condition
short description
Request to borrow a tool for a date range.
Approve or decline requests on their own tools.
Mark a loan as returned.
Show
All tools with availability status, filterable by category.
“My listings”, “My requests”, and “Incoming requests” views.
Nice, minimal layout.
Roles & rules
Have two roles
admin
Can remove any listing, view all loans, and mark a lender as “Trusted Lender”.
user
Can create, edit, and delete only their own listings, and act only on requests involving their own tools or their own borrowing.
Implement the above role-based access control with best practices, enforced in Convex functions, not only in the UI.
Automation with n8n
Build at least two n8n workflows
Request notification: when a borrow request is created or changes status, Convex calls an n8n Webhook. The workflow notifies the relevant user (email, Slack, Discord, or a logged mock notification is fine) using only the fields it needs.
Overdue reminders: a scheduled workflow runs daily, fetches overdue loans from a Convex HTTP endpoint, sends a reminder to each borrower, and writes the reminder status back to Convex.
Secure the integration in both directions
Sign webhook payloads (e.g. HMAC with a shared secret) and verify signatures on the receiving side.
Keep secrets in environment variables and n8n credentials, never in code or exported workflow JSON.
Make write-backs idempotent so retries do not create duplicate records or reminders.
Handle failures with retries and an error workflow (or equivalent) so failed runs are visible and never fail silently.
(Bonus) Show recent automation activity on each loan in the app, e.g. “Reminder sent 2 days ago”.
Deliverables
A GitHub repository with the app source code.
Exported n8n workflow JSON files in the repository.
A README covering local setup (including n8n, e.g. a docker-compose file), environment variables, architecture, and your security and data-minimization decisions.
A short note on what you would change to run this in production.
We evaluate
Code structure and clarity
Security-minded thinking
UX and practicality
Integration design, reliability, and error handling (n8n)
Documentation and reasoning
Interview Process
Take-home assignment submission (as described above).
Technical & product interview (walkthrough of your solution, architecture, security mindset, collaboration style).
6-month contract offer for the right candidate, with strong potential for renewal as a recurring contract based on performance and ownership.
How to apply
Email your portfolio, GitHub repository, and as an optional bonus, 1-2 other relevant projects to techjobs@fluencetraining.com, along with a short note on a security/privacy consideration you implemented (or would implement) in a healthcare or similar context.
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